Travel Tips

Planning a trip abroad? Avoid these 10 international travel mistakes and learn smart tips to travel lighter, safer, and stress-free.

One of the simplest—and most surprisingly meaningful—rules we’ve followed while traveling is this: We don’t eat any food we’ve heard of. Okay, that’s not entirely  true. What we really mean is we don’t eat at restaurants we could find at home. No Starbucks. No Domino’s. No Cracker Barrel. No Steak ’n Shake. Yes, we’ll eat pizza—but not from a chain we pass every day. Yes, we’ll eat hamburgers, eggs, and bacon—but not in a place with the same menu, logo, and laminated placemat